Gymnocorymbus

Gymnocorymbus ternetzi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Characidae
Subfamilia: Stethaprioninae
Genus: Gymnocorymbus
Species: G. bondi – G. flaviolimai – G. ternetzi – G. thayeri

Name

Gymnocorymbus Eigenmann, 1908

• Type species: Gymnocorymbus thayeri Eigenmann, 1908

Etymology: gymnos, bare or naked, presumably referring to “naked [i.e., scaleless] predorsal line”; coryumbus, summit, presumably referring to humped dorsal profile. The ETYFish Project

References

• Benine, R.C., Melo, B.F., Castro, R.M.C. & Oliveira, C. 2015. Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogeny of Gymnocorymbus Eigenmann, 1908 (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae). Zootaxa 3956(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.1.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Eigenmann, C.H. 1908. Preliminary descriptions of new genera and species of tetragonopterid characins. (Zoölogical Results of the Thayer Brazilian expedition.). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 52(6): 91–106. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Gymnocorymbus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).